Richard Oblitei Solomon
{{short description|Ghanaian lawyer, diplomat and football executive}}
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Richard Oblitei Solomon is a Ghanaian lawyer, diplomat and football executive. He was Ghana's ambassador to Equatorial Guinea from 2006 to 2009.
Early life
Solomon had his secondary education at the Accra Academy, where he graduated in 1976.{{Cite web |last=GNA |date=2015-08-13 |title=Accra Academy old students urged to identify with year groups |url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/636108/accra-academy-old-students-urged-to-identify-with-year-group.html |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=Modern Ghana |language=en}} He then proceeded to the University of Ghana to pursue a bachelor's degree in law. He then continued to the Ghana School of Law, where he qualified as a barrister-at-law in 1986. He holds a postgraduate diploma in Oil and Gas Law from the Robert Gordon University, and an LLM from the University of Law in the United Kingdom.{{Cite web |title=CODA Board Members |url=https://coda.gov.gh/profile/1.13445153 |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=coda.gov.gh |language=en}}
Career
Solomon begun as the Greater Accra second Vice Regional Chairman and later first Vice Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party in the early 2000s.{{Cite web |date=19 October 2005 |title=NPP is still strong - Solomon |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/NPP-is-still-strong-Solomon-92468 |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=GhanaWeb |language=en}} In 2006, he was appointed Ghana's ambassador to Equatorial Guinea. He replaced Dominic Aboagye who as consular-general acted in the position.{{Cite book |last=Boadu-Ayeboafoh |first=Yaw |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yQfDbYJjbo0C&dq=r+o+Solomon+ambassador&pg=PA20 |title=Daily Graphic: Issue 1,49772 June 24 2006 |date=2006-06-24 |publisher=Graphic Communications Group |language=en}} He served in this capacity until 2009.{{Cite book |last=Brandful |first=William G. M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_6eglzXVDcMC&dq=r+a+solomon+Guinea&pg=PA308 |title=Personal Reflections of a Ghanaian Foreign Service Officer - Whither Ghanaian Diplomacy? |date=2013 |publisher=Dorrance Publishing |isbn=978-1-4809-0006-6 |language=en}}
As a sports fanatic, Solomon was the head of the management board of the Accra Great Olympics F. C. in 2002,{{Cite web |date=19 April 2002 |title=Olympics's MB mandate extended till 2003 |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Olympics-s-MB-mandate-extended-till-2003-23434 |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=GhanaWeb |language=en}} and later chairman of the club prior to his ambassadorial appointment. He was made a member of the club's board once more in 2020 when the board of the club was reconstituted.{{Cite web |last=Appiah |first=Samuel |date=2020-05-18 |title=Fred Pappoe confident new Great Olympics board will succeed - |url=https://www.adomonline.com/fred-pappoe-confident-new-great-olympics-board-will-succeed/ |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=Adomonline.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Great Olympics CEO confident new board will succeed |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/sports/football/great-olympics-ceo-confident-new-board-will-succeed.html |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=Graphic Online |date=15 May 2020 |language=en-gb}}{{Cite web |last=Appiah |first=Samuel Ekow Amoasi |date=2020-05-17 |title=Great Olympics Boss Optimistic New Board Will Steer The Club To Success |url=https://www.modernghana.com/sports/1002826/great-olympics-boss-optimistic-new-board-will-stee.html |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=Modern Ghana |language=en}}
Solomon has been Vice Chairman of the board of governors of Accra Academy.{{cite web|title=Accra Aca '82 Supports School|url=https://dailyguidenetwork.com/accra-aca-82-supports-school/|website=dailyguidenetwork.com|date=9 May 2019|accessdate=16 July 2022}}
Solomon also serves on the board of the Coastal Development Authority (CODA), and the principal of R. O. Solomon Consulting, a law firm in Accra.{{Cite web |title=Lawyer Locator - A Directory of Lawyers in Ghana |url=https://gbaportal.org/locator/chambers/1d11aee0-3ae7-11eb-bdb9-c981138b7bfa |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=gbaportal.org}}
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Category:20th-century Ghanaian lawyers
Category:Alumni of the Accra Academy
Category:University of Ghana alumni
Category:Alumni of Robert Gordon University
Category:Alumni of the University of Law